Finance Lead Analyst

Overview

Finance Lead Analyst

 

Who we are and what we create?

We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 82,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office, located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you! 

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

 

We also offer a competitive benefit package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career: 

• Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dentalcare) for you and your family
• Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
• Life insurance financed by the employer
• 30-minute lunch break included in the 8-hour working day
• Work in a highly professional and stimulating atmosphere
• Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
• Wellbeing programme for employees
• Co-financing of monthly tickets for the public transport in Krakow
• Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of home office
• Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and the possibility of co-financing studies and certification
• Employee referral programme

What's the job?

• Providing analysis to support business decisions
• Drive process simplification, standardization and optimalisations projects
• Building relationships across different groups of stakeholders
• Preparation of reports for the needs of various stakeholders
• Supporting end to end month-end closing process
• Supporting forecasting, budgeting processes
• Providing on the job support to less experienced analysts
• Sharing subject matter expertise with the wider team

What you'll bring

• Previous exposure to leadership or mentoring would be an asset
• Basic knowledge of PowerBI or similar Business Intelligence tools
• Previous stakeholder management experience
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (including attention to detail)
• Ability to articulate complex financial issues in a concise manner
• Great communication and relationship building skills
• Strong financial acumen (including understanding of IFRS or local GAAP)
• Familiarity with planning and accounting tools
• Project management skills would be an asset
• Ability to drive change, challenge status quo with continuous improvement mindset

 

To get to know us better visit:

 

Careers website

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